Complete the following sentence. Yeats’s “Sailing to Byzantium” is a good example of High Modernism, because it_____________?

A. embraces the rhythms and diction of common man’s speech.
B. was written at the very beginning of the 20th century.
C. attempts to create a modernist high culture.
D. does not employ rhyme.

Correct Answer: attempts to create a modernist high culture. ✔

Last Updated: August 21, 2020